\section[Promethean]{Prometheans: Last of their Kind}
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\quot{Once upon a time, there was ... 'A king!' my little readers will say right away. No, children, you are wrong. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood....}

\desc{Prometheans are different from the other types of supernaturals because they are not born as a human only to later achieve supernatural powers, but are instead created fully formed and fully grown with their powers already intrinsic to them. A Promethean awakens for the first time already an outcast, already both more and less than a human. Prometheans are almost always rejected by humanity because regardless of how much they try, they are \emph{not} humans. Every Promethean is not only the first of its kind, it is also the \emph{last} of its kind, every Promethean creation event is unique and Prometheans tragically find that even other created life is intrinsically \emph{distinct} from them, different from humanity in ways which likewise reveal a difference that is just as unbridgeable.}

\desc{Prometheans are capable of being Extras and Luminaries just as normal humans are. In general, a mad scientist's masterwork is a Luminary Promethean (the kind that might be a player character), and a batch of killer robots is probably a bunch of Promethean Spawn. Which means that yes, those Prometheans who actually have peers don't even care because they are just background characters and mooks in their own story.}

\desc{All Prometheans use a Ritual Power Schedule. Their false life leaves them vulnerable to things that were once alive. Though they never were born and never died, they still suffer aggravated damage from wooden weapons as if they were undead. In most cases, Prometheans are dominated by Master Passion: Loneliness, a condition not unrelated to the fact that each Promethean is literally without peers. They have more difficulty making emotional connections than virtually any other creature, and pine for the loss.}

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\ability{Special Note on Terminology:}{It is important to note that Frankenstein is the name of the creator, and not the the name of the creature. The creature's name was Adam. Similarly, in technical Greek an Android refers only to a \emph{male} human analogue, while a female human analogue would be called a \emph{Gynoid} (seriously). However it is also important to note that most of the people you talk to about this issue don't know this and don't care. Like Jello, Frankenstein is a brand name of such overwhelming market dominance that the stitched corpse creations of other mad scientists are \emph{called} Frankensteins (rather than calling them gelatin desserts or reanimated homunculi or whatever). Similarly, if you use the word Gynoid in every day conversation people will assume you are talking about some sort of sexually transmitted condition. Honestly, it is better that common terminology is used rather than historically correct terminology in this instance.}
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